Paxton accuses Texas doctors in gender-affirming care cases of healthcare fraud

Gender Care Docs Accused of Fraud; Army Ob/Gyn Criminally Charged; Nurse Sentenced

(MedPage Today) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has accused two doctors of fraudulently billing Medicaid to provide gender-affirming care. May Lau, MD, and M. Brett Cooper, MD, were both sued by Paxton last year for allegedly violating the...

Texas Accuses ‘Radical’ Doctors Of Using Tax Dollars To Fund Secret Trans Procedures On Teenagers

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has expanded a 2024 lawsuit based on new evidence that accuses two doctors of lying to healthcare providers about prescribing transgender procedures on kids in defiance of state law.Paxton announced additional allegations on Wednesday against two doctors, May Lau and M. Brett Cooper, over alleged healthcare fraud related to their prescription of transgender drugs to minors. Both Lau and Cooper had prescribed tra…

Paxton adds Medicare fraud to lawsuits against doctors

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, perhaps concerned that he is not getting enough traction in his effort to unseat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the 2026 GOP Primary, is once again attacking transgender Texans and their health care providers. Paxton announced today (Wednesday, Dec. 10) that that his Healthcare Program Enforcement Division has “taken first-of-their kind legal actions to hold two North Texas physicians accountable for illegally a…

Paxton accuses Texas doctors in gender-affirming care cases of healthcare fraud

Two North Texas doctors at the center of a lawsuit from the state attorney general's office accusing them of violating the state's laws banning gender-affirming care are now accused of fraudulently billing the state's Medicaid to provide that care.